KOLKATA: Caller-identification app Truecaller has appointed Pragya Misra Mehrishi as director of public affairs in India. Truecaller stays committed to India by continuing to expand the public affairs mandate in its largest market with over 200 million users, the company said in a statement.

Pragya will be responsible for nurturing relationships with key stakeholders spanning government, media, partners, civil society, and investors and report to chief commercial officer Kari Krishnamurthy, it added.

Pragya joins from WhatsApp, where she was one of the early hires managing communications and driving reputation and advocacy efforts single-handedly for her first couple of years at the company. Prior to that, she was responsible for increasing trade from Danish private and public enterprises to India and South Asia at the Royal Danish Embassy. She also worked at EY India and had an entrepreneurial stint.